1. Turn OIS off unless you're in low light and slow shutter speeds.
2. Turn boost mode off. It's become a fashionable statement here the past 3 months that having it off is 'cripple mode' but in reality isn't at all it gobbles up battery life and if you're not birding or shooting sports it makes zero difference in actual real life
3. Turn off pre af. This makes the af always on when in actuality you only need it on when you half press the shutter button
4. Turn off AF-C and use AF-S if you're jus doing street / documentary or portraits etc. You only need afc for action stuff.
All of these together will massively save battery life
Try non boost mode for yourself during actual shooting and let us.know if there's any apreciatable difference
Once more - for shutter speeds of 1/125 at 55mm and 1/50 at 18mm you just don't need to use OIS and OIS is a real battery drain
Happy shooting
I'm glad that works for you,
Me too!
but it's not an approach I'd even consider. If I buy a highly functional camera, I want to be able to take advantage of ALL its features and not have to cripple it in order to save battery life.
I do not feel it is crippled Jerry. Only difference boost mode without grip makes is in the EVF when panning fast . Please see my previous post. I have tested the X-T2 in normal and boost and found no difference in operation, AF, playback or buffering
The problem is easily solved either by using a battery grip (as I do)
Glad that works for you but I and the OP are not using grips
or turning off the camera between sessions (a non issue since it powers up instantly).
I never mentioned this as I felt it was common sense and a given. I have mine on 30 seconds auto off
I prefer taking advantage of all the performance and handling features available to me
Me too. Using OIS when you have good light and decent shutter speeds however is a waste of the function and battery life. As is having pre AF on for most shooting. As is using AFC for the OP,s type of shooting. Although for your type of shooting this may not be the case. I already spelled out use case scenarios however
and putting up with a bit more weight in order to simply not have to worry about battery life at all.
I don't understand how that relates to my post. Unless you mean having the battery grip?
I've been thru the "cripple the camera" game too
I haven't as I spelled out in my post I'm not doing fast sports or birding so only need afs single shot.. In low light I turn OIS on. If I was doing sports I'd have everything on AFC, OIS, PRE AF etc
many times before and, while I'm sure it works for some, it's definitely not my cup o' tea. YMMV
It's not mine either. I think you may have misread and misinterpreted my post.
I clearly mentioned if one is in low light to use OIS or AFC and perhaps pre AF for birding or fast sports
For street, documentary, landscape, walkabout etc none of the things I mentioned hold back the camera in any way at all. Leica cameras are much slower but still for these use cases people use them.
OP found that in fact to be the case in his most recent reply to me. He seemed quite happy and like the suggestion worked for him. So my advice to the OP (not to yourself) seemed like it was good.....
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Jerry-Astro
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Leon, forums member and X-T2 shooter
